Open Congress : Blog Articles for Sen. Tom Udall [D, NM]

Letters to the editor for Nov. 7, 2009 - The Santa Fe New Mexican

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

I'd like to thank Sen. Tom Udall and the other members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee who took the first step toward moving our country toward a sustainable future by passing clean energy and climate legislation ...

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Senators Call for Increased Funding to Fight Veteran Homelessness ...

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, DC - November 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — US Senators Tom Udall (D-NM), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Kit Bond (R-MO) today introduced an amendment that would increase funding to provide transitional housing for homeless veterans, ... WASHINGTON

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Climate Countdown » Blog Archive » Climate Action at the Senator's ...

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

I tried to contact both Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, the senators from New Mexico (my home state). Jeff Bingaman never responded, but I immediately heard back from Tom Udall via a form letter. I decided to call Tom Udall's office to ...

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Congressional Roundup: Health care vote Saturday « New Mexico ...

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

In the Senate, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed a climate bill despite a Republican boycott. All but one Democrat, Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, voted for the bill. That includes Senator Tom Udall, D-N.M. ...

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Oh Boy It Never Ends: Movies that don't hold up

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

Rick Lamberth: Correct, sir. Senator Tom Udall: Cost them too much? Rick Lamberth: Correct, sir. Senator Jon Tester spoke of how Lamberth was told by KBR to keep quiet about violations "because that clean up was future business. ...

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Sen. Udall: Senate Finally Passes Unemployment Insurance Extension After Weeks of Republican Delays

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...4, 2009 -- WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tom Udall, D-N.M., today issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s long-awaited passage of an Unemployment Insurance benefits extension following weeks of partisan delays: “While I remain outraged t

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The Common Ills: Iraq snapshot

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

Senator Tom Udall agreed with Dorgan that a Truman type committee was needed. Rick Lamberth told Senator Udall that he did an analysis about how the burn pits could be shifted down wind. Senator Tom Udall: They didn't want to do that? ...

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Federal Bill Signed to Enhance Udall Foundation | UANews.org

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

Others scheduled to speak during the downtown event are U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, (D-NM); U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO); U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes, ...

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SquareState.net:: Sen. Michael Bennet's not so secret adviser on ...

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), David Vitter (R-La.), Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska). Aligning yourself with Brownback and Murkowski only strengthens one's conservadem resume. ...

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Global Warming News: Sen. Bingaman Champions Legislation to ...

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

Co-sponsored by Senators Max Baucus (D-MT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Tom Udall (D-NM), the "Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act" (S. 1933) provides a framework for protecting and restoring wildlife and natural resources from ...

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Sen. Michael Bennet's not so secret adviser on the environment

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...diverse energy portfolio," states the letter from Sens. Michael Bennett (D-Colo.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), David Vitter (R-La.), Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Mark B

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ROUNDHOUSE ROUNDUP: THE BLOG: Rich Man, Poor Man

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

Sen. Jeff Bingaman is the only bona fide millionaire among New Mexico's Congressional delegation, although Sen. Tom Udall and Rep. Harry Teague might be. This is according to a new study by the Center for Responsive Politics. ...

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Bill Action: Introduced: S. 2741: A bill to establish telehealth ...

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM] introduced S. 2741: A bill to establish telehealth pilot projects, expand access to stroke telehealth services under the Medicare program, improve access to "store-and-forward" telehealth services in facilities of ...

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In Climate Hearing, Udall Sits, Waits

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

sketches the scene at yesterday's US Senate hearing on climate change as Republicans boycotted and Democrats talked to the resulting empty chairs: "We're waiting for our Republican friends to show up," contributed Sen. Tom Udall (DN.M. ..

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Cap-and-Trade Stealth Attack

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

Committee votes matter, because once a senator supports something in committee it's very hard for them to change their mind on later votes. That makes it even more outrageous that the first votes could be cast while much of the bill-and ...

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Help Retire Over 200 Chimpanzees from NIH Testing

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

Martin Heinrich (NM-01), Sen. Tom Udall (NM) and Sen. Jeff Bingaman (NM), see more… Started by: nora burnley. Over 200 government owned Chimps languish in the Alamogordo Primate Facility on New Mexico Hollman Air Force Base under a ...

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Jill Cooper Udall Named To Presidential Arts Panel - Albuquerque ...

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

SANTA FE, NM -- Jill Cooper Udall, an arts advocate and wife of US Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico, has been named to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Wednesday, November 4, 2009.

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Udall: Indian Country Must be Key Player in Development of Clean Energy Legislation

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) today delivered remarks on the impact of clean energy and climate change legislation on Indian Country during a gathering of representatives of the nation’s 564 federally-recognized tribes. “Indian Country represents 5 perce

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Advocacy Confirmation – GBCS Advocacy Center « Michelle Whittaker

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Senator Robert Menendez Representative Martin Heinrich Representative Harry Teague Representative Ben R. Lujan Senator Jeff Bingaman Senator Tom Udall Representative Shelley Berkley Representative Dean Heller ...

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Jill Cooper Udall named to presidential arts panel (8:22 a.m. ...

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

SANTA FE — Jill Cooper Udall, an arts advocate and wife of US Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico, has been named to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. One of 25 people appointed to the panel by President Obama, ...

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